Speaker 1: Philadelphia is the latest stop on Josh Richardson's journey, one
Speaker 1: that began in Oklahoma City as the son of a
Speaker 1: lieutenant in the Armed Forces. Reticul was cool. Gave me
Speaker 1: a good perspective, and I appreciate it. Now everybody in
Speaker 1: my house has to be another. It's an upbringing that
Speaker 1: has given Richardson some common ground with a local teenager
Speaker 1: we now mentors. I think it's really important to just
Speaker 1: give back and to kind of feel a little bit
Speaker 1: of a void, you know, that has been there the
Speaker 1: story of Josh Richardson and Elijah Bird. On this episode
Speaker 1: of the broadcast, How you doing out there, Brian Seltzer,
Speaker 1: welcoming you back to another edition of the broadcast. You
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Speaker 1: As of the taping of this podcast. It is the
Speaker 1: day after a tough loss to the Orlando Magic. The
Speaker 1: Sixers of Now dropped four in a row on the
Speaker 1: road and four out of their last six. But the
Speaker 1: theme that at least for me, I keep going back
Speaker 1: to is continuity and the lack of it at this
Speaker 1: early stage of the season. Last seven games, the seventy
Speaker 1: Sixers have not just been missing a guy or two,
Speaker 1: they've been missing at least one All Star from their
Speaker 1: starting lineup, and Brett Brown said from the very beginning
Speaker 1: of training camp that talent does not trump time in
Speaker 1: the end. The hope is that it wins out and
Speaker 1: the expectation is that it will. But as the Sixers
Speaker 1: navigate through the first three to four weeks the season,
Speaker 1: there have been injuries, there's been a suspension, there have
Speaker 1: been a ton of road games. Sixers. They're just trying
Speaker 1: to figure some things out and establish further cohesion. Might
Speaker 1: take a little bit of patience at the moment. No
Speaker 1: no one wants to hear that, but the Sixers hope
Speaker 1: to get on a role as they continue their current
Speaker 1: road trip. For this edition of the podcast, we are
Speaker 1: going to hear from our reporter Lauren Rosen a little
Speaker 1: bit later on, and she will recap all the important
Speaker 1: pertinent headlines dealing with the team. But I want to
Speaker 1: begin this episode of the podcast with our opening tip
Speaker 1: segment talking about this A full disclosure about Brian Seltzer.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be honest. When I'm in the presence of
Speaker 1: military service women and men and their families, most of
Speaker 1: the time, I kind of feel out of place, a
Speaker 1: little bit awkward. The latest instance of this was the
Speaker 1: other day when the seventy sixers hosted the Charlotte Hornets
Speaker 1: on military Appreciation. I was walking in the back of
Speaker 1: house area at the Center, making my way from our
Speaker 1: offices to the media dining area, when I passed by
Speaker 1: a group of about two dozen Army officers who I
Speaker 1: think we're getting ready to help present the American flag
Speaker 1: at Center Court during the pregame singing of the national anthem.
Speaker 1: If I were to do an internal audit of myself,
Speaker 1: there are probably a couple of areas of the reason why.
Speaker 1: Like I said, this type of situation can be awkward
Speaker 1: for me. First, my immediate impulse is to thank these
Speaker 1: women men for their service. Depending on the setting and
Speaker 1: the feel of the situation, sometimes I do, but then
Speaker 1: other times I don't. Why not do it all the
Speaker 1: time and make it personal standard practice? Well, in my
Speaker 1: own weird, compulsive, overly analytical way. I constantly review my
Speaker 1: thoughts and decisions. Is it too cliche to thank military
Speaker 1: people for their service? Is it a nice, genuine thing
Speaker 1: to say? Of course, But then I start wondering if
Speaker 1: the gesture is truly sufficient in respect to what we
Speaker 1: owe these women men for putting their lives and the
Speaker 1: lives their families in peril on a regular basis so
Speaker 1: the rest of us can attend a basketball game or
Speaker 1: cover a professional sports team for a living. I, by
Speaker 1: no means am trying to do a soapbox segment here.
Speaker 1: That's above my pay grade, and there are plenty of
Speaker 1: other places you can go to for that type of content.
Speaker 1: All I'm trying to do is give you my perspective
Speaker 1: and share where I personally am coming from. For me,
Speaker 1: I think that in the grand scheme of things, what
Speaker 1: I do with my life is so insignificant compared to
Speaker 1: what these military people do, what they have committed themselves
Speaker 1: to do, what they're prepared to do. I just end
Speaker 1: up feeling incredibly small, like there's nothing I could possibly
Speaker 1: say to show enough thanks to our military for ensuring
Speaker 1: that this country well certainly not perfect is a place
Speaker 1: where you're afforded liberties and freedoms and rights that don't
Speaker 1: exist everywhere. That brings us to October thirtieth, two thousand
Speaker 1: and four. The United States was less than a year
Speaker 1: into the Second Iraq War. Combat was on the verge
Speaker 1: of intensifying. Marine lance Corporal John T. Bird, the Second
Speaker 1: belonged to a unit based in the western part of
Speaker 1: the country called the Anbar Province, iraqs border with Syria, Jordan,
Speaker 1: and Saudi Arabia. That day, while Bird was carrying out
Speaker 1: increased security measures near the Abu Great Prison outside Baghdad,
Speaker 1: an enemy suicide car bomber crashed into his vehicle, killing
Speaker 1: Bird and seven other marines. The Volus area is urban,
Speaker 1: It's got complex terrain that has difficult avenues of approach.
Speaker 1: It has very zealous fighters. According to The New York Times,
Speaker 1: October thirtieth would be the deadliest day for American forces
Speaker 1: in Iraq in almost six months. Could have been A
Speaker 1: sport utility vehicle heavily laden with explosives totally destroyed our truck.
Speaker 1: Less than two weeks later, on Veteran's Day in his
Speaker 1: hometown of Fairview, West Virginia, Bird was buried with full
Speaker 1: military honors. His family, including wife Jessica, was presented with
Speaker 1: a purple heart and ceremonial folded flags. In an Associated
Speaker 1: Press account of the funeral, there was a local pastor
Speaker 1: quoted He recalled Bird as a gentleman and a good guy.
Speaker 1: The pastor also noted that Bird played basketball. In January
Speaker 1: two thousand and five, Jessica Bird gave birth to a son, Elijah.
Speaker 1: Elijah's now fourteen years old. It's a military appreciation at
Speaker 1: the Center. The seventy six ers are getting ready to
Speaker 1: take on the Charlotte Hornets, and Elijah is grabbing rebounds
Speaker 1: for Josh Richardson during pregame wars. Are you get the rebound? Crazy?
Speaker 1: The way his mom describes him, Elijah is a teenager
Speaker 1: who very much is turning into a teenager. You can
Speaker 1: see you to a certain degree. A snippet of what
Speaker 1: Jessica Bird is talking about. Elijah's got a bounced to him,
Speaker 1: a bright smile. In between Richardson's shots, he twirls a
Speaker 1: basketball and his right index figure as if he were
Speaker 1: trying to be a Harlem Globe tribe. Elijah is full
Speaker 1: of energy. We came out into the court, Um me
Speaker 1: and Josh and um I was hossing the ball too
Speaker 1: long and I met Josh person. But yeah, he was
Speaker 1: t me like, set some screens up. I was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: I just had a screen for Josh Richardson. I was
Speaker 1: freaking out for, you know idea. How was it that
Speaker 1: Elijah had the opportunity to tell Richardson get ready for
Speaker 1: the game that night. Elijah, a ninth grader at Central
Speaker 1: High School in the Logan section of Philadelphia, is part
Speaker 1: of the seventy sixers Walk in My Shoes mentoring program
Speaker 1: through an affiliation with another organization called TAPS, the Tragedy
Speaker 1: Assist Program for Survivors. Elijah never met his father, John,
Speaker 1: died when Jessica was about seven months pregnant, but today
Speaker 1: Elijah does bear some resemblance to his dad. An old
Speaker 1: military headshot of John reveals similarities between him and Elijah
Speaker 1: in their facial structure, their eyes, cheeks, even the way
Speaker 1: they cut their hair. On Military Appreciation Night, Elijah, Jessica,
Speaker 1: Elijah's grandfather, who served in the army, and his cousin
Speaker 1: were all guests of Richardson in the seventy sixers and
Speaker 1: given VIP treatment before tip off, Elijah was recognized on
Speaker 1: the floor as the strong kid of the game, his legacy.
Speaker 1: Every day, it's nice to just see him so happy
Speaker 1: and energized and motivated and laughing with a big smile
Speaker 1: on his face, Like not something I see very often
Speaker 1: with the stress of high school and his sports and everything.
Speaker 1: Right now, that's Jessica Bird. For anyone out there who's
Speaker 1: either gone through or maybe currently is still in high school,
Speaker 1: you know, it is not the easiest of times. There's
Speaker 1: so much you got to manage, with implications about your present,
Speaker 1: your future, your personal and social lives, all that stuff.
Speaker 1: In the words of his mom, Elijah is extremely dedicated
Speaker 1: to his academics and is very regimented. That's a good
Speaker 1: problem to have, right Jessica says she likes seeing that
Speaker 1: type of commitment from Elijah on weekdays, but on weekends
Speaker 1: every now and then she thinks it might do him
Speaker 1: some good to take a breather, decompress a bit. Even
Speaker 1: on the weekends. He's working as academics, he's studying, he's writing,
Speaker 1: and so to see him take a break from it
Speaker 1: and actually like let go and release and enjoy some time,
Speaker 1: as his mom is really refreshing, you know, because I'm
Speaker 1: just like, let me take a break sometimes, man, and
Speaker 1: I can't stuff is due. How seriously does Elijah take
Speaker 1: his schoolwork so much so that he was initially concerned
Speaker 1: that participating in the Walk in My Shoes program would
Speaker 1: have an adverse effect on his grades, even if one
Speaker 1: of the perks was that he'd be able to hang
Speaker 1: with someone like Josh Richardson. Here again is Jessica bird As.
Speaker 1: I was talking to some of the coordinators and they
Speaker 1: had a great point. They're like, these cures are as regiment,
Speaker 1: so they'll get it, you know, And I was like, huh,
Speaker 1: that's true. So I told Elijah a couple of times
Speaker 1: and he's still like just wasn't quite sure about the
Speaker 1: time requirements, but you can see he's happy. What else
Speaker 1: does a mom want? You know? I could feel he
Speaker 1: thinks a lot, like when he meets new people, you know,
Speaker 1: he doesn't really open up very fast, but you can
Speaker 1: always tell you it's like something going on upstairs. That's
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson. Military Appreciation Night wasn't the first time he
Speaker 1: had Elijah Bet. They were introduced about a month and
Speaker 1: a half ago after the seventy six ers Blue and
Speaker 1: White Scrimmage at seventy six ers Field House in Wilmington, Delaware.
Speaker 1: Once I got to know him, wasn't he can hung
Speaker 1: out a little bit? Like he's funny, you know, he's
Speaker 1: passionate about soccer, which I am. So that's like a
Speaker 1: good tie. I mean, he's expressive, he's he's cool, like
Speaker 1: you know, I like him. He's a cool good Josh
Speaker 1: Richardson grew up in a military household. His mom, Alice,
Speaker 1: was stationed at Tinker Air Force Base in uncle him
Speaker 1: A City. His father, Michael, was a firefighter. The military
Speaker 1: tie was the basis for Richardson becoming Elijah Bird's mentor
Speaker 1: was a military It was cool being in out of
Speaker 1: the base a lot, was It gave me a good
Speaker 1: like perspective. No, my mom was pretty disciplined, and everything
Speaker 1: in my house was like very tight, you know, like
Speaker 1: very like my grades had to be good, like just
Speaker 1: he ran a tight shift. But you know, I appreciate
Speaker 1: it now because I don't have a problem like being disciplined,
Speaker 1: and like everybody in my house has to be disciplined
Speaker 1: up through the Walk in my Shoes program, through multiple
Speaker 1: touch points throughout the season when a player and the
Speaker 1: person he's mentoring see each other. But so far, Richardson
Speaker 1: has made himself available beyond that. A few days after
Speaker 1: the Blue and White scrimmage, he and Elijah went to
Speaker 1: a Philadelphia Union playoff match at the Center of the
Speaker 1: other night, they discussed grubbing. Sometime soon at a Center
Speaker 1: City institution, herschels the same PASTRAMI stand inside renting Charminal Market.
Speaker 1: We were saying how we should go out to get
Speaker 1: one right, and he was like down, you know, and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. We were talking about how he like
Speaker 1: he's like a soccer player, you know, because dude, he
Speaker 1: was like, he was like Rotes tasting his boxes. Trust me.
Speaker 1: So I passed to him, but the dude guys it
Speaker 1: with his foot starts kicking it around. I was like, bro,
Speaker 1: what are you doing right? And then he passes it
Speaker 1: back to me like cat and I was like, bro,
Speaker 1: we're when we running gast soccer and you're giving me
Speaker 1: the sauce. I was like, come on ground. He was like,
Speaker 1: all right, bed's a day, right. I was like, all right. Cool.
Speaker 1: For a handful of reasons, Richardson realizes he's fortunate not
Speaker 1: only does he have this budding, successful NBA career, he
Speaker 1: still got his mom in his life, and as Elijah's
Speaker 1: story reminds us, many military children can't always say the same.
Speaker 1: I've definitely thought about that. You know. All I can
Speaker 1: do is like pour my heart out to those kids,
Speaker 1: you know, And that's why I try to be involved
Speaker 1: with like groups like TAPS, like so I can you know,
Speaker 1: give a positive a positive influence and those to those kids,
Speaker 1: you know. And I have some friends when I was
Speaker 1: growing up, they had to move, you know, a bunch
Speaker 1: of places, and you know that sucks, having to you know,
Speaker 1: make all new friends, learn a new environment. And I
Speaker 1: never had to experience that. So, you know, I want
Speaker 1: to like empathize those people, but I can't because I
Speaker 1: don't really understand what that is. Like. When I spoke
Speaker 1: with Elijah and his family on Military Appreciation Night, I
Speaker 1: didn't really want to dive too much and dwell extensively
Speaker 1: on the past. That's not why the birds were there.
Speaker 1: They were there to help honor and celebrate a loved
Speaker 1: one's memory and also their own courage and strength and
Speaker 1: persevering through at first circumstances. Still, I did ask Elijah's mom, Jessica,
Speaker 1: about the value of a program like Walking My Shoes
Speaker 1: and how interacting with someone like Richardson could ultimately benefit
Speaker 1: her son. Her cadence slowed down a bit as she
Speaker 1: acknowledged the unfortunate reality that Elijah has never had a
Speaker 1: direct fellowship with his father John. I just feel like
Speaker 1: in regards to leadership, and especially with me being a
Speaker 1: single mom, and like Collijah says, I work too much
Speaker 1: or like I'm too dedicated to my work. So it's
Speaker 1: like it's nicely he kind of gets to see that
Speaker 1: other people are doing it too, and not just him,
Speaker 1: and you know, they're sacrifices that need to be made.
Speaker 1: So I think it's invaluable. I don't think that there's
Speaker 1: a value for it. I think it's really important to
Speaker 1: just give back and to to kind of feel a
Speaker 1: little bit of a void, you know that's that's been there.
Speaker 1: You know. I would never try to like be a
Speaker 1: father figure, like be a real family member, but like
Speaker 1: just giving him, you know, an older male figure. It
Speaker 1: is large who you can talk to, who you can
Speaker 1: just kind of, you know, lean on. And I think
Speaker 1: that being able to give back in that way and
Speaker 1: be a mental as important. Appreciate the Bird family being
Speaker 1: willing to talk about their story and Josh Richards A
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Speaker 1: It is now my esteem pleasure to bring onto the
Speaker 1: podcast for the first time. I think this is a
Speaker 1: first and a welcome first. Our seventy six ers digital reporter,
Speaker 1: Lauren Rosen. Lauren, Well, what do we call him this segment?
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think I think Rosin Report is fine.
Speaker 1: It's not as cheeky as it could be, but it's fine.
Speaker 1: It's cheeky enough. There's some alliteration, a fan of both things. Sure, Okay,
Speaker 1: we'll go with that for now. Okay, it can evolve,
Speaker 1: of course, it can become something new and different as
Speaker 1: we move along with This is our first four a
Speaker 1: into this segment on the podcast. Who knows how frequent
Speaker 1: it will be. I think pretty regular to maybe always regular. Okay,
Speaker 1: we'll see, we'll see how terribly the first one goes. Now,
Speaker 1: terribly good, terribly great, terribly informative. So you're our reporter,
Speaker 1: our seventy six ers digital reporter. We've had about a
Speaker 1: month worth of activity so far in the regular season.
Speaker 1: Things got off to a great start. Right now, the
Speaker 1: team is trying to grind through a stretch, get back
Speaker 1: on track. Talent does not trump time, you know, we
Speaker 1: get to stay sane and like try to grow this thing.
Speaker 1: We can really feel responsible where we've delivered something as
Speaker 1: perfect as perfect as we can make perfect. In April fifteen,
Speaker 1: my impression is that right now, what I'm saying is
Speaker 1: my stance is continuity. There's not much of it. The
Speaker 1: team is trying to a learn about each other while
Speaker 1: be managing the important players being available and then not
Speaker 1: being available. Absolutely. I mean, if there's one thing that
Speaker 1: I would say is that I'm just excited about the
Speaker 1: potential of the group, right. I mean, a lot of
Speaker 1: new faces, a lot of high ceilings. I think the
Speaker 1: ceiling is incredibly high, and I'm just excited, like you said,
Speaker 1: to see them get to play together more, to get
Speaker 1: more continuity. I mean, just look at the first the
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, right, it's one of the hardest schedules.
Speaker 1: It's such a challenging schedule to play. I think nine
Speaker 1: of the first thirteen away from home accurate number. And
Speaker 1: at home they've been great. We've had four opportunities and
Speaker 1: four wins at home. I think there are only five
Speaker 1: teams left that are undefeated at home. I guess a
Speaker 1: little bit easier if you've only played four games at home,
Speaker 1: But I think it'll be nice for them to be
Speaker 1: able to get into a little bit more of a
Speaker 1: rhythm playing at home more often. Maybe not playing as
Speaker 1: challenging of an early schedule as far as caliber of
Speaker 1: the teams were playing against, so hopefully in the next
Speaker 1: few games they can fall into a better rhythm. I
Speaker 1: think it'll be nice for the content department to get
Speaker 1: into a rhythm of the team playing at home. I agree.
Speaker 1: One guy who had a pretty strong game against the
Speaker 1: Orlando Magic on Wednesday and the second out of a
Speaker 1: back to back and who I think has been an
Speaker 1: all around valuable edition, Certainly not going out on him
Speaker 1: by saying that, but it is worth stating for the record,
Speaker 1: Josh Richardson. Richardson on a dribble drive. I don't know
Speaker 1: about you, but to me, he's been really impressive. He's
Speaker 1: been asked to do a lot, and he has been
Speaker 1: doing a lot and doing it pretty well. Absolutely, and
Speaker 1: Coach Brown said it at the preseason media luncheon that
Speaker 1: he was hoping Josh would become a glue or a
Speaker 1: mortar for this team, And it really does feel like
Speaker 1: whenever the team needs something, Josh is someone that could contribute.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's been a solid scorer this whole time.
Speaker 1: I believe he's second behind Ben and assists. Does that
Speaker 1: sound right to you? So he's sharing, well, he's creating, well,
Speaker 1: He's not that he's necessarily exceeded expectations. But I think
Speaker 1: a lot of us weren't super familiar with Josh when
Speaker 1: he came on the scene here in Philadelphia. But only
Speaker 1: good things as far as what I've seen. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: seems to be real tenacious and nasty when he's out
Speaker 1: of the court, but off the floor, a very mellow, chill,
Speaker 1: for lack better words, vibe. Do you find that the
Speaker 1: personalities this year are extra special when it comes to
Speaker 1: this group? I like them. I like them a lot.
Speaker 1: And that's not to say anything about the players who
Speaker 1: were previously here in year's past. But I do think
Speaker 1: it's a good group. I think everyone seems to know
Speaker 1: what their lanes are, so to speak. And yeah, especially
Speaker 1: the new guys like that. To me, is one of
Speaker 1: the exciting parts of this time of years that you're
Speaker 1: still getting to know the guys like a Josh Richardson
Speaker 1: or an Al Horford or a Trade Burke or who
Speaker 1: will Nato. These new guys come in and they're they're
Speaker 1: all by all accounts, seem like very good human beings
Speaker 1: and it's just being good basketball players. Definitely good human
Speaker 1: beings also good basketball players. But we talk about someone
Speaker 1: like Josh who's so smiley and infect she has this
Speaker 1: infectious personality off the court. I feel I feel the
Speaker 1: same way about Kylo Quinn Matisse thible. And then they
Speaker 1: get onto the court and they can really lock in
Speaker 1: and they have that Philly edginess that Coach Brown talks
Speaker 1: about that they always look for, and it's almost like
Speaker 1: when you're in the locker room, when you're around these guys,
Speaker 1: they're smiley, they're happy, their personalities are big, and then
Speaker 1: they get on the court and it's like they have
Speaker 1: this very similar mentality that's this through line of intensity
Speaker 1: and grit that I think is really exciting. I would agree.
Speaker 1: I would hope the people out there saw the piece
Speaker 1: of furkon Corkmas content that was pushed on at sixers
Speaker 1: the other day from after the win against the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Cavaliers on Tuesday, turk you're stuffy. There you go. I
Speaker 1: will try tell me about your experience with Furkon and
Speaker 1: the Turkish taffy. Well, first of all, Furkan is just
Speaker 1: the most delightful individual. The more the more I see,
Speaker 1: the more I like out fur Con. I think I
Speaker 1: came into the locker room one of the coaches had
Speaker 1: found it, and I wish I don't think I was
Speaker 1: there when the when the Turkish taffy was brought into
Speaker 1: the room, but when I got there, Furkan was examining
Speaker 1: the Turkish taffy. So I'll have to do some more
Speaker 1: investigative reporting to figure out who actually gave it to him.
Speaker 1: But it was something that he was familiar with, that
Speaker 1: he had seen before but maybe hadn't tasted recently. He
Speaker 1: was definitely excited about the taffy, as all, who doesn't
Speaker 1: get excited whether it's from Turkey or the Ocean City boardwalk. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: he was really excited about it. It tickled him, I think,
Speaker 1: and he gave it a shot. It was difficult to open,
Speaker 1: and then once he figured out how to open it,
Speaker 1: it was difficult to bite into, maybe due to the
Speaker 1: cold weather outside. It's not just us that's being affected
Speaker 1: by this climate, it's it's our candy as well. Sure, so,
Speaker 1: I think once he was able to finally try it,
Speaker 1: there was a nostalgia factor there that he really enjoyed,
Speaker 1: and it was just an overall delightful moment from a
Speaker 1: guy who was slowly or not even slowly quickly developing
Speaker 1: quite the passionate following, don't you think deservedly? So? Absolutely,
Speaker 1: we just need more content like that. Well done by you.
Speaker 1: What do you enjoy tweeting more about Matisse, Thyble or James?
Speaker 1: And it's the third who do you enjoy providing updates
Speaker 1: about more? You cannot put me on the spot like that.
Speaker 1: Love my absolute two of my absolute favorites, I mean,
Speaker 1: and interestingly enough pretty pretty similar guys, right that have
Speaker 1: been able to come off the bench and provide an
Speaker 1: instant impact in different ways. I mean, James is just
Speaker 1: so athletic and more of a quiet guy off the court.
Speaker 1: It's that it's that same thing we were talking about before,
Speaker 1: where regardless of what their personalities are like on the court,
Speaker 1: they all have the same like fiery grittiness that I
Speaker 1: love to see. And James has been fabulous off the
Speaker 1: bench matise obviously, We've talked about him a ton, and
Speaker 1: he has a very specific, very special skill set. I
Speaker 1: don't know, it's a tie. I can't pick. I can't
Speaker 1: pick between those two. That's not fair. Something's a monitor
Speaker 1: as the season progresses. What are you looking for? Is
Speaker 1: this road trip wraps up? Um? That's a good question.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think for a while we've had OKC
Speaker 1: circled on all of our calendars because I think Joe
Speaker 1: Well and Russell Westbrook have always had quite the rivalry.
Speaker 1: Now without rusted okaysee, they're obviously a different looking team,
Speaker 1: but that doesn't make it any easier to play there.
Speaker 1: I know it's a difficult place to go. Their fans
Speaker 1: are almost as passionate as ours. I would say they're
Speaker 1: great fans. Say that's a really good place to see
Speaker 1: a game that stays, that stays exciting, I think, And again,
Speaker 1: I'm just happy for them to come home next week
Speaker 1: and play three games at home, the first time they'll
Speaker 1: play three in a row at home in what feels
Speaker 1: like a while, I mean, at all this time of
Speaker 1: the season. Yeah, correct. So it feels like we've gone
Speaker 1: too long without them being able to spend a whole
Speaker 1: week at home, so I'm particularly excited for that stretch. Excellent,
Speaker 1: Lauren Rosen, what do we say we're calling the Segonde again?
Speaker 1: I forgot already. The Rosen Report made mark it down.
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